The Cultivation of the Arts and Sciences Maintained to be Favourable to Virtue and Happiness: To which is Added, a Translation of the Celebrated Prize Essay of Jean Jacques Rousseau, Wherein He Advances an Opposite Sentiment |
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The Cultivation of the Arts and Sciences, Maintained to Be Favourable to ... Henry Smithers No preview available - 2018 |
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